Helicon Focus on huge scanned chromes?
Posted: 18.04.2007 17:05
Hi,
I also shoot with a 4x5" view camera, and am DOF-challenged with many of my shots (camera movements notwithstanding).
I was wondering if Helicon Focus could help: I could take say 4-5 shots at different extensions, scan the chromes and combine them with HF.
Problem is, typical 4x5" color scans are H-U-G-E (I have access to a very high-end Creo scanner), this of course is welcome for large prints.
Which is the limit of HF in combining say 5 very large shots? Sometimes I read 30 MP, sometimes 50+?
I have a dual core Athlon PC with Windows XP 32bit and 3 GB of RAM (fully visible from Task Manager and Photoshop by the way: I used the /3G trick).
Thanks!
Fernando
I also shoot with a 4x5" view camera, and am DOF-challenged with many of my shots (camera movements notwithstanding).
I was wondering if Helicon Focus could help: I could take say 4-5 shots at different extensions, scan the chromes and combine them with HF.
Problem is, typical 4x5" color scans are H-U-G-E (I have access to a very high-end Creo scanner), this of course is welcome for large prints.
Which is the limit of HF in combining say 5 very large shots? Sometimes I read 30 MP, sometimes 50+?
I have a dual core Athlon PC with Windows XP 32bit and 3 GB of RAM (fully visible from Task Manager and Photoshop by the way: I used the /3G trick).
Thanks!
Fernando